diff -Naur plib-1.8.5.orig/configure.in plib-1.8.5/configure.in
--- plib-1.8.5.orig/configure.in	2008-04-17 20:05:09.000000000 +0100
+++ plib-1.8.5/configure.in	2008-04-17 20:04:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
 
         dnl Reasonable stuff non-windoze variants ... :-)
 
-        AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_create)
+#        AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_create)
         AC_CHECK_LIB(GL, glNewList)
         if test "x$ac_cv_lib_GL_glNewList" = "xno" ; then
                 dnl if no GL, check for MesaGL
